Stress fracture in foot?

Is a stress in the foot something that would typically be super painful? I've been having pain in the top part of my left foot for about two weeks now. It's not getting better and might possibly be getting a little worse, but it's not super painful. It hurts when I walk on it and especially if I'm just standing but it's not unbearable. The foot itself is only mildly swollen and there is tenderness when I press on the area but again, no severe pain.

I can't get a good feeling for whether that's normal for a stress fracture or if there's probably something else going on there.

I do have an appointment but it's not until Monday so I'm just trying to sort out what the issue might be.

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When I had a stress fracture 9 years ago, it got to the point where I could barely walk on it. Over the counter pain meds were ineffective. The fracture was in the bone in the foot that leads to the pinky toe.

Could be lots of things, probably good your getting it checked out. I got a stress fracture in my foot from training for a marathon and then ran the marathon on it before I went to the doctor so it’s definitely possible to have varying degrees of pain. The pain slowly got worse and worse but other than wrapping it and staying off of it there wasn’t much the doctor could do. It was the 5th metatarsal of my left foot and even though it’s been years since I broke it there is definitely still an ache and some weakness there.

When I had a stress fracture 9 years ago, it got to the point where I could b...

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10/26/2018

When I had a stress fracture 9 years ago, it got to the point where I could barely walk on it. Over the counter pain meds were ineffective. The fracture was in the bone in the foot that leads to the pinky toe.

Okay. It's definitely not that bad. I can walk on it though I'm definitely having to adjust my gait to keep the weight off the painful part. My pain is on the top towards the middle. It's been getting more painful over the last couple of weeks but I'm still able to walk and drive (manual transmission so every foot is a driving foot!)

Could be lots of things, probably good your getting it checked out. I got a s...

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10/26/2018

Could be lots of things, probably good your getting it checked out. I got a stress fracture in my foot from training for a marathon and then ran the marathon on it before I went to the doctor so it’s definitely possible to have varying degrees of pain. The pain slowly got worse and worse but other than wrapping it and staying off of it there wasn’t much the doctor could do. It was the 5th metatarsal of my left foot and even though it’s been years since I broke it there is definitely still an ache and some weakness there.

Wrapping it makes it hurt more, which surprised me.

I suspect they'll just send me on my merry way to deal with it until it's better but at least I'll know...

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